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Frost Advisory 8, NWS Eureka, CA

April 2, 2018Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California

NWS Eureka, CA issued this frost advisory at Apr 2, 2018, 2:05 PM PDT for Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Mendocino County, California. It took effect at Apr 3, 2018, 1:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2018, 2:05 PM PDT (21:05 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 3, 2018, 1:00 AM PDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2018, 9:00 AM PDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Eureka, CA

Counties Del Norte County, CA, Humboldt County, CA, Mendocino County, CA

The radar

The Eureka (Bunker Hill) radar (KBHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2018-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2018-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

463 
WWUS76 KEKA 022105
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
205 PM PDT Mon Apr 2 2018

CAZ102>106-110-111-031015-
/O.NEW.KEKA.FR.Y.0008.180403T0800Z-180403T1600Z/
Del Norte Interior-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt-
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
205 PM PDT Mon Apr 2 2018

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a Frost
Advisory...which is in effect from 1 AM to 9 AM PDT Tuesday. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...mid 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Gasquet...Arcata...Eureka...Fortuna...
  Petrolia...Honeydew...Ettersberg...Orleans...Willow Creek... 
  Bridgeville...Leggett...Laytonville...Willits...Covelo....

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory means that frost is possible. Sensitive outdoor
plants may be killed if left uncovered.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
615 
WWUS76 KEKA 030324
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
824 PM PDT Mon Apr 2 2018


CAZ102>106-110-111-031600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0008.180403T0800Z-180403T1600Z/
Del Norte Interior-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt-
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
824 PM PDT Mon Apr 2 2018

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...mid 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Covelo...Leggett...Laytonville...
  Willits...Gasquet...Orleans...Willow ...Creek...Petrolia...
  Honeydew...Ettersberg...Garberville...Bridgeville...Arcata...
  Eureka...Fortuna.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

$$
861 
WWUS76 KEKA 030325
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
825 PM PDT Mon Apr 2 2018


CAZ102>106-110-111-031600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0008.180403T0800Z-180403T1600Z/
Del Norte Interior-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt-
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
825 PM PDT Mon Apr 2 2018

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...mid 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Covelo...Leggett...Laytonville...
  Willits...Gasquet...Orleans...Willow Creek...Petrolia... 
  Honeydew...Ettersberg...Garberville...Bridgeville...Arcata... 
  Eureka...Fortuna.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

$$
576 
WWUS76 KEKA 030355
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
855 PM PDT Mon Apr 2 2018


CAZ102>106-110-111-031600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0008.180403T0800Z-180403T1600Z/
Del Norte Interior-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt-
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
855 PM PDT Mon Apr 2 2018

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT
TUESDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...mid 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Covelo...Leggett...Laytonville...
  Willits...Gasquet...Orleans...Petrolia...
  Honeydew...Ettersberg...Garberville...Bridgeville...Arcata...
  Eureka...Fortuna...Willow Creek.

* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

$$
629 
WWUS76 KEKA 031141
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
441 AM PDT Tue Apr 3 2018

CAZ102>106-110-111-031600-
/O.CON.KEKA.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-180403T1600Z/
Del Norte Interior-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt-
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
441 AM PDT Tue Apr 3 2018

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

* LOW TEMPERATURES...mid 30s.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE...Covelo...Leggett...Laytonville...
  Willits...Gasquet...Orleans...Petrolia...
  Honeydew...Ettersberg...Garberville...Bridgeville...Arcata...
  Eureka...Fortuna...Willow Creek.


* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...visit 
  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

$$
890 
WWUS76 KEKA 031604
NPWEKA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
904 AM PDT Tue Apr 3 2018

CAZ102>106-110-111-031715-
/O.EXP.KEKA.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-180403T1600Z/
Del Norte Interior-Northern Humboldt Coast-Southwestern Humboldt-
Northern Humboldt Interior-Southern Humboldt Interior-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
904 AM PDT Tue Apr 3 2018

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...


$$

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.